Presenters 2011

YXO, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
YXO has developed a proprietary structural material called Brockwell Structure that has the superior mass/strength ratio of fiber reinforced polymer and the bearing strength of metal. Brockwell Structure is based on technology developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory with origins in lightweight satellite design. The lightweight structure’s ability to handle the load and to sustain the stress non-catastrophically enables the materials to enter the structural frame market previously dominated by metal. The structural material absorbs energy, which makes it an ideal choice in applications when safety is the primary concern. When applying a Brockwell Structure frame to the automotive and aerospace industry, the weight reduction creates fuel/energy savings and lowers the operational cost. YXO is seeking funding to first engage the $500B aerospace and automotive industries by providing the structural frame solution that is lighter, safer and stronger.
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Vista Therapeutics
Albuquerque, NM
Vista Therapeutics, Inc. is commercializing the world’s first nanowire-based biomarker and drug sensing device. Measurement of biomarkers and drug levels in bodily fluids is becoming a routine part of patient evaluation, drug development and employee monitoring. The current biomarker market is approximately $5.6 billion and is growing by 18 percent per year. Vista’s NanoBioSensor™ and NanoPharmaSensor™ technologies will change how biomarkers and drugs are measured and will permit for the first time continuous, real-time, multiplexed and label-free monitoring, not just occasional “snapshots,” the limiting factor for all other current biomarker and drug assessment technologies. Vista is seeking funding to ramp up its product fabrication processes and to build a core sales and marketing team to aggressively launch products.
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Unosano, LLC
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Unosano is a secure health cloud for disease management company. Nearly 24 million people in the United States have type 1 or type 2 diabetes —7.8 percent of the population — with another 57 million people who are pre-diabetic. Our Mission is to transform the way diabetics manage all aspects of their disease to live a better life and reduce disease management cost. Unosano is developing a secure, cloud based platform that lets diabetic users easily consolidate, manage, and visualize all of their health, fitness, lifestyle, and nutrition information on a single integrated application accessible from any web enabled device based on patented and patent-pending technology. Unosano is seeking funding to build out the platform and market the product.
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ThermoDynamic Films, LLC
Albuquerque, NM
Thermodynamic Films LLC (TDF) has developed proprietary FLOW-fin technology that can cool electronics at low cost and more efficiently than conventional passive or fan-based thermal management systems. The first market opportunity for FLOW fins is supplanting fan-fin units in computers. This market is compelling because FLOW fins can be “dropped in” to existing systems without requiring any other parts of the computer to be re-engineered and will lower costs while increasing performance. Subsequently, FLOW fins could revolutionize much larger markets, such as high-power LED lighting, where adequate thermal control has been a major obstacle to large-scale growth. TDF is seeking funding to manufacture fully functional FLOW fin prototypes that can be evaluated by computer manufactures for inclusion in their products.
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SNT Ventures, LLC
SNT Ventures, LLC, is commercializing a patent- pending SuperCritical Water Extraction and Refining system for upgrading heavy oil, bitumen and oil shale at the production site. It promises to be a less expensive method than conventional refining to recover, upgrade, and separate high-value compounds. The result is substantially increased revenues for producers of heavy oil and bitumen: from between $60 - $70 per bbl for heavy oil to over $90 per bbl for the upgraded oil. There is a large market potential as global use of liquids and other petroleum is projected to grow from 86.1 million barrels per day in 2007 to over 103.9 million barrels per day in 2030. The company is seeking funding to initiate engineering and final development of a 300 bbl/day unit.
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Silichem
Albuquerque, NM
Silichem is an integrated manufacturer of ultrapure silicon wafers. By using the unique and patent-pending Channon process, Silichem is able to combine the work of three industrial plants into a lower-cost, lower-capital site, with zero carbon emissions (a first for the industry), saleable byproducts (gypsum and fluoride salts), and a sufficient supplier and resource base to grow to dominate the $10 billion silicon industry in a few short years. Silichem's process consumes industrial waste products and produces highquality, drop-in replacement silicon wafers at near zero cost, creating the potential to significantly lower the cost of solar energy. If one leading competitor were to switch to Silichem's protected process, it would save over $1 billion per year. Silichem is seeking funding to establish a pilot manufacturing facility that validates the process at an industrial scale.
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SecureWaters, Inc.
Soddy Daisy, Tenn.
SecureWaters, Inc. was formed in 2010 to develop and commercialize patented technology from Oak Ridge National Lab that automatically detects and identifies toxins in surface water and alerts the user to the presence of contamination. The AquaSentinel device is a field-deployable unit that uses photosynthesis of algae to identify the toxin. The unit can be deployed in municipal water and wastewater facilities, industrial companies and the military/homeland security infrastructure. The global water test market is over $5 billion in revenues both domestically and internationally, and the competitive advantages offered include real-time detection and classification, cost savings over current methods and no reagents needed.
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Sandia BioTech
Albuquerque, NM
Sandia Biotech, Inc. manufactures Split Green Fluorescent Protein (sGFP) products used in the analysis of proteins and peptides by the medical, drug development and industrial biotech communities. The sGFP products are based on technology developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory and licensed to Sandia Biotech. They offer enormous advantages over competing technologies in their versatility, ease of use and cost savings to users. The technology streamlines and integrates conformational analysis, tracking and detection of proteins and peptides. The market for Sandia Biotech’s sGFP products and services exists in the immunoassays and related technologies in a $5 billion market growing by 10 percent annually. Sandia Biotech is seeking funding to expand its market penetration.
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RLP Dosimetry
Albuquerque, NM
RLP Dosimetry produces the SEE-Rad radiation detector that meets the needs of the military and first responders to nuclear events, nuclear industry personnel, and nuclear medicine personnel. The See-Rad makes radiation exposure results available in the field (real time monitoring), which allows personnel to minimize their radiation doses. In contrast, today’s dosimeters have to be sent to an offsite laboratory for analysis. This process can take days to weeks to complete. In addition, the SEE-Rad detector meets the national security need to prevent illicit radioactive materials (dirty bombs) from entering U.S. seaports by monitoring gamma radiation from cargo containers. At $25 per detector the potential market for the SEE-Rad radiation detector is $400 million per year. Funding is sought to define the sensitivity and shelf life of the detector and to package the detector for sale.
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Nitrocision, LLC
Idaho Falls, ID
Nitrocision eliminates the need for water in industrial cleaning and cutting solutions. Using liquid nitrogen, waste streams are virtually eliminated with a gas, that once used, evaporates harmlessly into the atmosphere. Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory discovered that nitrogen, at extreme temperatures and pressure, created an environmentally friendly solution to a number of complex industrial needs. The technology has disarmed explosives, removed radiological contamination, removed contaminated coatings and cut a wide variety of materials. Infinitely adjustable, the technology creates unexpected precision and versatility in numerous applications. Nitrocision technologies are being used by forward thinking companies to solve several advanced, industrial needs with an environmentally friendly solution. Nitrocision is seeking funding to expand its sales and marketing teams, build its service division and value-engineer its equipment for other industrial applications.
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Microsonic Systems, Inc.
San Jose, Calif.
Microsonic Systems’ proprietary Microprocessor for Life Sciences is a novel form of acoustic energy for use in life sciences. Cumulative revenue is $1.3 million. The Microprocessor can dramatically increase DNA sequencing throughput, and the technology can make nano-particles, and speed up automated liquid handling, DNA hybridization and lab-on-a-chip processes. Estimated TAM is approximately $3 billion. The Microprocessor is the only way to create powerful and controllable acoustic waves, and the miniature Microprocessor can be easily arrayed to meet increasing throughput requirements. The company has an exclusive license to the base patent, three additional patent applications and extensive know-how. Together, substantial and sustainable competitive advantages. Microsonic Systems’ Microprocessor has the potential to revolutionize life sciences and make personalized medicine a practical reality.
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Feeding for Health, LLC
Santa Fe, NM
Feeding for Health LLC, is developing a clinically proven self-paced oral feeding system that will improve the health outcome of premature infants through facilitating safe and efficient oral feeding. With healthier infants hospital stays will be truncated, resulting in substantial decreases in the overwhelming healthcare costs associated with premature births. Although premature infants represent the primary target market the benefits of the oral feeding system will similarly lead to notable decreases in the healthcare costs of other patient populations (e.g., healthy newborns who have difficulty feeding by mouth). The infant oral feeding system will offer better health at lower cost. The company has commitments from six neonatal intensive care units internationally to support the product launch.
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JSA Photonics, LLC
Corrales, NM
JSA Photonics, LLC has developed and manufactures a unique patented optical sensing technology with a wide range of applications across industrial, transportation, biomedical and process control markets. The sensor measures battery state of charge and other parameters enabling inexpensive, accurate monitoring of battery status providing a market differentiator. The initial market provides functional assurance for the 300,000 back-up power systems, 250,000 cell towers and 5 million electric vehicles that utilize the one billion battery cells in the worldwide $10 billion storage batteries market. In addition to OEM sensor sales, our software and interface control system will provide power, calibration and computer interface for remote monitoring of battery systems. The sensor is currently being evaluated by a number of national and international companies. The company is seeking $1,000,000 in financing to achieve its goals.
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Gator Hydro-Incineration
Farmington, NM
Gator Hydro-Incineration (GHI) is a green alternative for the treatment and disposal of produced water on oil and gas well sites. The patent pending technology harvestsunused energy found on most all gas wells to incinerate the process water and scrub the on-site equipment combustion exhaust emissions. The technology removes the costly requirements of environmentally damaging water hauling trucks, separate treatment and disposal, and in addition, enables year round production. The company has worked with natural gas production companies proving the process, with units currently successfully treating the daily processed water. GHI seeks funding for operations, marketing and sales to reach the 186,000-plus coal bed methane wells. CEO & founder, Edward Stock, will present GHI’s solution for long standing environmental and economic challenges to the treatment of processed water.
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EnviroLogic, Inc.
Cedar Crest, NM
EnviroLogic Inc. of Cedar Crest, New Mexico, is commercializing technology that will dramatically improve the efficiency of engineering and science simulations by replacing the current numeric solutions with a digitally controlled analog solution (DCAS). This proprietary technology will be initially offered as a web-based service for water management and water pollution, with follow-on applications in oil and gas production, aerospace engineering, global climate modeling, chemically reacting flows, radiation transport, heat-transfer calculations including solar energy, and product manufacturing design. EnviroLogic Inc is seeking funding to complete the interface between hardware based DCAS and current simulation software, finance printed circuit design, complete final testing and manufacturing, set up of the web server, and provide for early marketing.
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Energy Related Devices, Inc.
Los Alamos, NM
Energy Related Devices, Inc., has developed a new modular integrated sheet metal heat sink and mirror system known as BlackTip™. It can reduce the temperature rise and increase the performance of crystalline and polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic panels from 15 to 60 percent. The commercial applications of this technology are to deliver mounted modules for utility-scale solar farms. The estimated size of this market is $1.3 billion in the western US. The compelling differentiation comes from the unique merger of heat sink and mount that synergistically improves the complete system cost performance. The company’s vision is to deliver solar electricity that is sustainable and cost competitive with fossil fueled systems.
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Caldera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Los Alamos, NM
Caldera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a privately held, cash-flow positive, biotech that markets patented, label-free XRpro® drug discovery equipment. XRpro® quantifies drug efficacy and side effects with a single measurement, at throughputs of one million drug compounds per month. XRpro® eliminates the currently used and expensive radioactive, antibody and chemical labels. This eliminates large quantities of environmental waste, and dramatically decreases reagent costs to produce an immediate return on investment. The technology significantly improves the chances of selecting successful drug compounds before human trials, while quantifiably saving Caldera’s research, clinical, and pharmaceutical customers $500,000 to $1,000,000 per month in reagent costs.
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Avisa Pharma, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
Avisa Pharma™ Inc., is developing a proprietary, point- of- care biomarker for the rapid monitoring of Pseudomonas aeruginosa , a life threatening lung infection in patients with cystic fibrosis, and patients on ventilators, which is the major cause of ventilator associated pneumonia. Early detection and therapeutic response assessment capabilities will revolutionize treatment of these diseases. The Avisa BreathTest™ can quickly, accurately, and easily monitor lung microbial burden and therapy response by P. aeruginosa. The Company estimates that the BreathTest market could exceed $1 billion. David S. Joseph, president and CEO will be presenting this exciting opportunity for improving healthcare.
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